MILLINGTON, Tenn. -
Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Pro Stock Truck at the 12th annual
AutoZone Nationals presented by Pennzoil listing lane, driver name, elapsed
time/top speed this round, position in order following run, best prior
elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:
Left Lane: Dave McConnell Runs 9.476/101.13, Now #32; Best prior
run: 7.685/175.02, Was #32
Right Lane: Mark Osborne Runs 7.763/175.16, Now #10; Best prior
run: 7.609/176.63, Was #10

12:40 PM The third and final session opens with Craig Eaton on
the bubble at 7.635 seconds. The trucks will wrap up qualifying with this
session and will try to get two rounds of eliminations out of the way this
afternoon and evening.

McConnell was all over the lanes in the first half of the run, Osborne on the
second half. Left Lane: Todd Patterson Runs 9.858/94.81, Now #9; Best prior
run: 7.607/176.93, Was #9
Right Lane: Scott Perin Runs 9.882/87.70, Now #15; Best prior
run: 7.634/176.65, Was #15

Conditions are not favorable for anyone trying to break into the
field, the air still very humid. Both trucks here went about 400 feet and
gave it up, neither firmly planted. Left Lane: Craig Eaton Runs 7.753/173.52, Now #16; Best prior
run: 7.635/175.48, Was #16
Right Lane: David Spitzer Runs 7.737/173.90, Now #18; Best prior
run: 7.640/175.91, Was #18

Eaton went right down the groove, so it looks like we're about a
tenth of a second slower today. Left Lane: Larry Seay Runs 7.782/173.61, Now #17; Best prior
run: 7.636/176.03, Was #17
Right Lane: Bo Nickens Runs 7.791/172.90, Now #23; Best prior
run: 7.655/176.14, Was #23

Seay drove a very crooked path to the finish line. Left Lane: Rick Jones Runs 7.757/174.01, Now #25; Best prior
run: 7.659/176.26, Was #25
Right Lane: Bob Panella Jr Runs 7.661/176.60, Now #1; Best prior
run: 7.549/178.80, Was #1

Yup, looks like we're about a tenth slower this round. Left Lane: Brad Jeter Runs 7.658/175.43, Now #5; Best prior run:
7.585/177.77, Was #5
Right Lane: Bart Price Runs 7.707/175.21, Now #13; Best prior
run: 7.626/176.60, Was #13

Jeter's sponsorship deal "ain't a done deal yet." The truck is
black, no logos. Jeter runs low ET of the round so far, a nice pass. Left Lane: Jerry Haas Runs 7.734/175.02, Now #11; Best prior
run: 7.623/176.77, Was #11
Right Lane: Jose Maldonado No Time, Now #35; Best prior run:
7.744/173.99, Was #35

Maldonado was a no-show - at least we didn't see him. Left Lane: Roy Simmons Runs 7.818/172.85, Now #34; Best prior
run: 7.735/175.23, Was #34
Right Lane: Dale Eaton Runs 7.765/174.05, Now #26; Best prior
run: 7.663/175.89, Was #26

Simmons was all over the lane. Left Lane: Don Smith Runs 7.745/173.78, Now #33; Best prior run:
7.713/175.82, Was #33
Right Lane: Kim Smith Runs 8.187/131.33, Now #31; Best prior run:
7.682/175.62, Was #31

Lukovich made the second-best run of the session, almost matching
his previous best. Left Lane: Ruben Celedon Runs 7.696/174.64, Now #29; Best prior
run: 7.677/176.44, Was #29
Right Lane: Steve Johns Runs 7.669/175.91, Now #22; Best prior
run: 7.645/175.96, Was #22

Two great runs for two not-qualified trucks, Johns with the best
run of the session. Left Lane: Samuel Tompkins Runs 8.524/138.80, Now #36; Best
prior run: 7.753/174.64, Was #36
Right Lane: John Lingenfelte Runs 7.758/175.82, Now #6; Best
prior run: 7.599/178.73, Was #6

Left Lane: Chip Ippolito Runs 7.713/174.75, Now #34; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Mike Coughlin Runs 7.665/175.48, Now #3; Best prior
run: 7.575/177.95, Was #3

Ippolito finally gets a time on the books... Left Lane: John Coughlin Runs 7.666/174.80, Now #21; Best prior
run: 7.644/176.26, Was #21
Right Lane: Larry Kopp Runs 7.626/175.68, Now #8; Best prior run:
7.607/177.51, Was #8

Kopp makes a great run here, just two-hundredths slower than his
best. So does Coughlin, but he's still not in the field. Left Lane: Greg Stanfield Runs 7.641/175.34, Now #4; Best prior
run: 7.584/178.14, Was #4
Right Lane: Brian Self Runs 7.682/175.00, Now #7; Best prior run:
7.602/177.56, Was #7

Looks like the conditions are picking up out there, the final few
trucks much closer to their previous best runs than the early-runners.